Archive for the 'Germination' Category
Monday, December 17th, 2007
Germinating Seeds Hydroponically
By: Katherine Keleher
Germinating seeds hydroponically has several advantages over using soil. Many common diseases can be avoided because the hydroponic medium is clean while soil may contain fungus or insects that can harm vulnerable seedlings. Root rot can also be avoided by using a good hydroponic growing system.
The area where hydroponic growing [...]
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
Techniques for Cloning Plants
By: Michael Straumietis
To the average consumer, plant propagation might simply mean growing a new plant from a seed. Experienced gardeners and farmers, however, know that they are numerous ways to propagate, both sexual and asexual. The asexual methods usually create an exact genetic duplicate, or clone of the parent plant. This is usually [...]
Monday, March 12th, 2007
Cloning and Propagation Techniques for Gardeners
By: Susan Slobac
If you are a gardener, there is always one item you would like more of, and that is more plants. If you garden hydroponically, one of the primary hydroponics supplies you will require are new plants on a regular basis. It can get expensive buying them at a gardening center, [...]